Dixie Mafia

The Dixie Mafia refers to organized crime organizations in the American South that have been active since the 1960s. The Mafia originated in the Appalachian parts of several southern states, consisting of several loosely-knit gangs of petty criminals; they agreed never to snitch for the police, and they were led by whoever had the most money. The Dixie Mafia has been known to work with the American Mafia on some occasions, with the Dixie Mafia in New Orleans running Delray Hollow for the Marcano crime family. Ritchie Doucet ran a prostitution and drugs ring from the Hollow for Giorgi Marcano, and Lincoln Clay wiped out the Dixie Mafia by killing Doucet and several of his men. The Dixie Mafia also had connections to the racist Southern Union organization and the Ku Klux Klan terrorist group, and the Dixie Mafia is commonly seen as a group of "redneck" criminals.